POWER SYSTEMS : Best of Both Worlds                            

                    IBM Forum Evere September, 23 2009 Agenda

Econocom : Power Systems : both worlds at work together, things to know

System i and System p share the same hardware platform. However AIX and i5/OS have different personalities. In this session, we will cover the similarities, and differences of both platforms and we will demonstrate the benefits of combining both worlds.

Skillteam/Vision : High Availability and System Performance Monitoring with Power Systems

This session will describe a road map to the most effective strategies and technologies to protect data and provide fast recovery should data be lost or corrupted due to accident or malicious action. We will also examine some of the areas that you need to address in order to ensure healthy system operations that deliver the highest possible performance.

IBM : Power Systems in the UNIX Market and Migration Factory
The UNIX market is a highly active and competitive market.
IBM has been leading this market in the past years and will keep taking market share from competitors.
Come and hear the current Power Systems positioning and how you can take advantage of it by migrating your applications to AIX.
This session will position the current technology and try to give some perspective into the future.

ALL : Customer References

This session will describe various customer experiences : migration from System i to System p, Power Systems with mixed AIX and i5/OS environments, shared storage between AIX and i5/OS, competitive migrations,…

Agenda

9:00- 9:30 welcome coffee

9:30-10:45 – Power Systems : Both worlds at work together – things to know –                                                                 Jean-François Goudemant & Paul Hemeleers (Econocom) 10:45-11:15 coffee

11:15-12:30 – High Availabillity & System Performance Monitoring with Power Systems –                                                                   Steven Vanden Bergh (Skillteam) & Steve Kenis (Vision) 12:30-13:15 – lunch

13:15-14:30 – Power System in the UNIX market & Migration factory - Philippe Ceyssens (IBM) 14:30-14:45 – coffee

14:45-16:00 – Power Systems : Both worlds at work together – Case Studies – ALL

Speakers
Philippe Ceyssens, IBM – IT Specialist, Technical Sales Support IBM Power Systems and AIX Jean-François Goudemant , Econocom, IBM certified professional Power Systems                                                                                                                          (System p and AIX) Paul Hemeleers , Econocom, IBM certified professional Power Systems (System i & System p) Steven Vanden Berghe , Skillteam, Business Continuity Specialist                                            Steve Kenis , Vision